Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Dr Clare Looker has advised that Mpox continues to spread in the state, with 16 confirmed cases since April.
A viral infection, symptoms can include fever, chills, tiredness, headache, sore throat, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and rash.
Other symptoms may include pain on urination or rectal pain, bloody stools and/or diarrhoea.
Mpox can spread via close or prolonged skin-to-skin contact, as well as via contact with contaminated items/surfaces, and respiratory droplets.
Anyone experiencing symptoms of Mpox should restrict contact with others and seek urgent medical testing.